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  • The Lost Copperhead (1913)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Lost Copperhead (1913)
Short | Short, Comedy
Prof. Robert Markham, a noted bacteriologist, has a wife whose tender heart will not allow her to see cruelty shown to helpless animals, and when her husband, in spite of her protests, persists in the practice of vivisection, she leaves ...See moreProf. Robert Markham, a noted bacteriologist, has a wife whose tender heart will not allow her to see cruelty shown to helpless animals, and when her husband, in spite of her protests, persists in the practice of vivisection, she leaves him and, with her baby boy, makes a home for herself by dressmaking, vowing she will return only when he promises to discontinue his experiments. Years roll by and the wife, stifling the yearnings of her heart, keeps her vow. The professor absorbed in his work, finds himself in need of a toxin extracted from the deadly copperhead snake. He writes to a friend in the west, who sends him the reptile by parcel post. The letter carrier, in making his rounds, absent-mindedly leaves the box containing the snake on a chair at a fruit stand, where it is found by the professor's little son and a girl playmate, who have come there to buy candy. They take the box to their front stoop and proceed to open it. The mailman in the meanwhile has delivered the letter telling of the snake's arrival, and, upon the professor asking him for the box, remembers his carelessness. He tells the professor, who immediately telephones the police, who, on their arrival at the professor's house, learn the facts and rush out in search of the box. On coming to the fruit stand the Italian tells them of the little boy and girl who took it away. He points out the direction they took and the professor, mailman, and police start after them at top speed. Passing a saloon, some quarreling toughs delay the police for a few moments; the letter carrier, however, rushes on until he stumbles over a dirt heap, and sprains his knee. A passing bicyclist, hearing his story, loans him his wheel and the chase is on again. The children have by this time removed the cord, and are just about to raise the fatal lid, when the mailman rides up, snatches the box from them and flings the accursed thing into the middle of the street, where happily an automobile crushes out the venomous life. The professor and the police, having quieted the quarreling toughs, now arrive, and the former, overjoyed at the escape of the children, gives the girl a dollar bill, and offers the same to the boy, who refuses, saying that his mother would not allow him to take money from a stranger. The professor asks to be taken to the mother and on seeing her recognizes his long lost wife. He begs her to come back home with him. She does after be has promised her that he will never again experiment on helpless animals. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Sep 5, 1913
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Sep 5, 1913 (United States)

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